The relationship between changes in neighborhood physical environment and changes in physical activity among children: a prospective cohort study

Table 4 Results from survey-adjusted multivariable linear regression modeling the change in children’s PA^a behavior between T1 and T2

	Coefficient	95% CI	p-value
Age (Years)	0.00	(-0.12, 0.11)	0.956
Sex (ref: Males)
Females	-0.02	(-0.68, 0.64)	0.943
Race (ref: non-Hispanic Black)
Hispanic	-0.45	(-1.16, 0.26)	0.215
Non-Hispanic White/Other	-0.24	(-1.17, 0.69)	0.609
Difference in family income^b between T1 and T2	-0.01	(-0.06, 0.05)	0.792
Difference in block group total population between T1 and T2	0.00	(-0.03, 0.03)	0.934
Difference in in block group household median income between T1 and T2	-0.01	(-0.09, 0.08)	0.881
Months between T1 and T2	-0.02	(-0.04, 0.01)	0.144
PA at T1	-0.87	(-1.01, -0.74)	0.000
Parks at T1	-0.03	(-0.09, 0.03)	0.388
Change in the number of parks between T1 and T2	-0.16	(-0.73, 0.41)	0.576
Parks upgrades	-0.03	(-0.15, 0.09)	0.584
PA facility centers upgrades	-0.09	(-0.39, 0.22)	0.584
Street-related upgrades^c	0.42	(0.02, 0.82)	0.039

^aPhysical activity
^bFamily income was calculated as the ratio between the annual income and the federal poverty line for the year of the survey and household size
^cStreet-related upgrades is a scale generated using the upgrades variables for (1) bike lanes, (2) complete streets, and (3) sidewalks

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